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Photos Of The Week No. 45

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 45th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive

The sun sets over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and its Motherland monument. 
1 The sun sets over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and its Motherland monument. 
Amid a surge in COVID-19 deaths and infections, grave diggers wearing protective face masks bury a person who has no next of kin at a cemetery in the town of Tara in Russia's Omsk region. 
2 Amid a surge in COVID-19 deaths and infections, grave diggers wearing protective face masks bury a person who has no next of kin at a cemetery in the town of Tara in Russia's Omsk region. 
Medical staff and funeral home employees place the body of a COVID-19 victim in a coffin at a hospital morgue in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. 
3 Medical staff and funeral home employees place the body of a COVID-19 victim in a coffin at a hospital morgue in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. 
 A man walks on a street during snowfall in the town of Podolsk, outside the Russian capital, Moscow. 
4  A man walks on a street during snowfall in the town of Podolsk, outside the Russian capital, Moscow. 
A Ukrainian activist displays a poster at a protest against the current migrant situation near the Belarusian border, outside Belarus's embassy in Kyiv on November 10. 
5 A Ukrainian activist displays a poster at a protest against the current migrant situation near the Belarusian border, outside Belarus's embassy in Kyiv on November 10. 
Funeral home employees remove the coffin of a COVID-19 victim from a morgue in Bucharest amid record coronavirus infection rates in Romania.
6 Funeral home employees remove the coffin of a COVID-19 victim from a morgue in Bucharest amid record coronavirus infection rates in Romania.
A handout picture from the Polish Defense Ministry shows hundreds of migrants camping on the Belarus side of the border with Poland near Kuznica Bialostocka on November 10. 
7 A handout picture from the Polish Defense Ministry shows hundreds of migrants camping on the Belarus side of the border with Poland near Kuznica Bialostocka on November 10. 
People walk between sculptures of an art installation created by Kosovar sculptor Eroll Murati titled Find Me, on display in the main square in Pristina to symbolize the missing person's plea for their bodies to be found. Some 1,600 people in Kosovo, most of them Albanians, are still listed as missing from the 1998-99 war.
8 People walk between sculptures of an art installation created by Kosovar sculptor Eroll Murati titled Find Me, on display in the main square in Pristina to symbolize the missing person's plea for their bodies to be found. Some 1,600 people in Kosovo, most of them Albanians, are still listed as missing from the 1998-99 war.
Romanian soldiers wearing protective face masks pay their respects to victims of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars during a Veteran's Day ceremony in Bucharest on November 11.
9 Romanian soldiers wearing protective face masks pay their respects to victims of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars during a Veteran's Day ceremony in Bucharest on November 11.
 A woman rows a boat from the village of Kopay to the town of Tara in Russia's Omsk region.
10  A woman rows a boat from the village of Kopay to the town of Tara in Russia's Omsk region.
Migrants are seen on the Belarusian-Polish border where nearly 1,000 refugees were heading toward Poland on November 8.
11 Migrants are seen on the Belarusian-Polish border where nearly 1,000 refugees were heading toward Poland on November 8.
Afghanistan's Ramesh Hussaini (blue) takes flight in action against Pakistani Adil (red) during the men's Taekwondo International Championship in Islamabad on November 8.
12 Afghanistan's Ramesh Hussaini (blue) takes flight in action against Pakistani Adil (red) during the men's Taekwondo International Championship in Islamabad on November 8.
Communist Party supporters hold a huge red flag as they walk toward the Tomb of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin during a demonstration marking the 104th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Moscow's Red Square on November 7.
13 Communist Party supporters hold a huge red flag as they walk toward the Tomb of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin during a demonstration marking the 104th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Moscow's Red Square on November 7.
People blow horns at a protest against vaccinations, the introduction of the "green pass," and COVID-19-related restrictions in Bucharest on November 7.
14 People blow horns at a protest against vaccinations, the introduction of the "green pass," and COVID-19-related restrictions in Bucharest on November 7.
Georgian opposition supporters of former President Mikheil Saakashvili hold national flags and roses as a symbol of a revolution during a rally in front of the prison where he is being held, in Rustavi, about 20 kilometers from the capital, Tbilisi, on November 6.
15 Georgian opposition supporters of former President Mikheil Saakashvili hold national flags and roses as a symbol of a revolution during a rally in front of the prison where he is being held, in Rustavi, about 20 kilometers from the capital, Tbilisi, on November 6.
Azerbaijani soldiers parade with a massive national flag in Baku to mark the first anniversary of the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on November 8. 
16 Azerbaijani soldiers parade with a massive national flag in Baku to mark the first anniversary of the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on November 8. 
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